The Nation

A Seattle jury sentenced to death a drifter who bludgeoned and knifed to death a lawyer, his wife and their two sons and claimed he killed the family because he thought the lawyer was a communist. David L. Rice, 27, an unemployed steelworker, also admitted robbery was a prime motive. He was convicted in the Christmas Eve attacks in the home of Charles Goldmark, 41, his wife, Annie, 43, and their sons, Colin and Derek.